'I have come to believe that there can be no adequate preparation for the sadness that comes at the end, the sheer regret that one's life is finished, that one's failures remain indelible and one's successes illusory.' Elizabeth and Betsy are old school friends. Born in 1948 and unready for the sixties, they had high hopes of the lives they would lead, even though their circumstances were so different. When they meet again in their thirties, Elizabeth, married to the safe, older Digby is relieving the boredom of a cosy but childless marriage with an affair. Betsy seems to have found real romance in Paris. Are their lives taking off, or are they just making more of the wrong choices without even realising it?
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141018089
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 256
Tiempo de lectura:
5h 15m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 08/09/2004
Año de edición: 2004
Plaza de edición: London
Alto: 18.0 cm
Ancho: 11.0 cm
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Anita Brookner
Anita Brookner (Londres, 1928-2016). Hija de inmigrantes polacos, después de doctorarse en Historia del Arte fue profesora del Courtauld Institute y la primera mujer que accedió a la cátedra Slade de Bellas Artes en la Universidad de Cambridge. Publicó varios estudios sobre pintura francesa del siglo XVIII y es autora de veinticuatro novelas, entre las que destacan Un debut en la vida (1981); Look at Me (1983); Hotel du Lac (1984), ganadora del premio Booker; Latecomers (1988); Vidas breves (1990); Una historia de familia (1993) y Strangers (2009).